April 2007 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

So much gear - so little time
by Kurt Fisher 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

An amusing photo from today's Cloudy Nights: (A Lormosdy mount loading with about 5 finders, three scopes and five cameras) http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9590 - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Astronomy-Earth Day 2007 in Utah - Notes
by Kurt Fisher 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Ann wrote, > [S]o we joined Bob, Ann and Eric at the Planetarium > from noon until 5:00 at a SLAS table (next to a table staffed > from folks from the U of U's Physics Dept. including our > speaker at the last meeting). . . . > Ann M. Blanchard > Executive Assistant to the Assoc. VP > Undergraduate Studies Ann, if you happen to talk to student Paul Ricketts, would you please convey my apologies for not remembering the names of the two other young men who were docents at the South Physics Building on Saturday. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Astronomy-Earth Day 2007 in Utah - Notes
by Michael Carnes 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

>This Is >The Place is actually a pretty decent place for star parties. I was there as well. I think that it's possible to build up a decent crowd there for those unwilling or unable to make the drive out to SPOC. I would like to see the viewing area moved a bit farther away from the visitor center. There was enough ambient light to create reflections off the eyepiece when viewing in certain directions. There do seem to be better sites within the park. MC

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Astronomy-Earth Day 2007 in Utah - Notes
by Kurt Fisher 22 Apr '07

22 Apr '07

>I then drove to This is the Place Monument (TITPM), arriving at the tail end of >the star party after 10pm. SLAS President Bob was being interviewed >by Channel 4. I haven't seen a SLAS-Blast or Patrick-news on this, so - At the TITPM star party, Bob mentioned that the interview with Channel 4 should be broadcast today (Sunday) at 5:30pm. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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10" Hardin DSH-10 with Extras - $347 to Assoc Members until Apr 25
by Arlen Card 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Hardin Optical's DSH 10 Deep Space Hunter 10" Dobsonian, 2 years old, used only five times. Very good condition (several minor scratches/scuffs in white paint on lower portion of top of tube from my belt buckle one time I carried it, until I got wise), nice F5 optics. Metal tube with spring tensioning system, 8x50 stright-through finder, 1x reflex red dot sight, 2" focuser with 1.25" adapter, hard tube cap, 2" 32mm Astrola fully multi-coated eyepiece, 1.25" 9mm Astrola fully multi-coated eyepiece, 1.25" moon filter, full instructions, Messier chart, moon map, magnetic eyepiece magnification chart (adheres to scope), and 2"/1.25" eyepiece rack on scope base. A very nice and cosmetically attractive scope. I just don't have time or dark skies to use it. Asking $397. Paid $630+. ****SLAS members can get it for $347 if purchased by April 25!**** Pickup only. Can deliver/meet within 100 miles of Orem, Utah if you pay my 14mpg gas expense, and the sale is sure and prepaid. I can accept cc through paypal, or cash if you pick up. Come see it! Arlen (801) 636-2333 (cell) Also available at this discount with purchase of the DSH10: 2" Astrola 2x fully multi-coated Barlow (mint condition), 1.25" laser collimator (also mint condition); both for only $47 additional. Add 1.25" Parks No. 15 Nebula filter for $23 more. _________________________________________________________________ Download Messenger. Join the im Initiative. Help make a difference today. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_APR07

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Fwd: Frontiers of Science TONIGHT!
by Richard Tenney 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

--- James DeGooyer <jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu> wrote: > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:40:06 -0600 > To: office(a)science.utah.edu > From: James DeGooyer <jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu> > Subject: Frontiers of Science TONIGHT! > CC: jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu > > Dear Frontiers of Science Patron: > > REMINDER-- Frontiers of Science lecture TONIGHT, > Wed, April 18, 7:30 > PM in the Aline W. Skaggs Biology auditorium. This > event is free and > open to the public! This is the last FOS event of > the academic year. > > Lucy Shapiro, director of the Beckman Center for > Molecular and > Genetic Medicine at Stanford University, will > discuss "Emerging > Infectious Diseases: A Clear and Present Danger!" > She will address > the fact that antibiotics, widely used since the > 1950s, now are often > ineffective because bacteria have many ways of > acquiring and sharing > resistance to the medications. Development of new > antibiotics cannot > keep pace in this biological arms race! > > See http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=040607-2 for the > official U. of U. > press release about this event. > > See http://www.map.utah.edu/index.jsp?find=82 for a > campus map to the event. > > We hope to see you there! > -- > James R. DeGooyer > Public Relations Specialist > College of Science > 1430 E. Presidents Cir. Rm. 220 > Salt Lake City, UT 84112 > Ph. (801) 581-3124 > Fax (801) 585-3169 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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All night time lapse "movie"
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

This just showed up on one of the other lists I'm on. Nice movie. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~kowalski/images/astro/703_20070413.mov The author, Richard Kowalski, notes: "I've posted a time lapse animation that I made Thursday into Friday night, at the CSS Schmidt (http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/ css_facilities.html). It starts before the sky gets dark and ends as morning twilight begins to brighten the sky. The large dome houses the Kuiper 61" telescope and the smaller dome on the right is the CSS Schmidt. There were a group of UA students using the 61" so there are more lights being turned on an off over there than usual. There is also much more air traffic than is usual, but you'll noticed that the trees are moving from the high winds, so that may explain that. It was made with a Canon 20D using a Sigma 10-20mm lens set at 10mm & f/ 4. The ISO was 3200 and the frames were dark subtracted and then run through Noise Ninja to further reduce the noise. The .mov file was created from nearly 900 frames using Quicktime Pro 7.1 and the H.264 codec. You **must** have the latest version of Quicktime to be able to view it." pw

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Test
by Chuck Hards 15 Apr '07

15 Apr '07

OK, here we go, trying a third email account.

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SPOC tonight
by cmh856＠aol.com 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

The visible weather satellite image shows a solid cloud layer from Utah to the west coast. If it's overcast, I will still drop by SPOC with lasers & meter tonight, but will not be staying long. Looks like last night was the best of the two. I am still not receiving list postings. Zero, zip. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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Trib article
by Ann House 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

http://www.sltrib.com/Search/ci_5667361

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